Pope asks Iraq leaders to use dialogue to avoid further warfare

June 29, 2014 2:50 PM

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June 29, 2014: Pope Francis greets Monsignor Leonard Paul Blair, Archbishop of Hartford, Connecticut, after bestowing to him the Pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing their bond to the pope, during a mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. (AP)

Pope Francis asked Iraq leaders to use dialogue to avoid further warfare there, during his weekly address in St. Peter's Square after Mass -- his first major public ceremony since health problems forced a spate of canceled appointments.